OFFICIAL CENTRAL KY THREAD

Hello everyone!
I live in Georgetown. I ordered a '21 Sport Access Cab. It'll be built in February, so I'm not expecting it until March. So I figured that this would be a good time to find out who lives around me. Some of you all may know me already.

 

Scott from Bowling Green here.

 

What's up Scott!!!! We've went from Mazdas to trucks!!
I'm looking forward to getting my TRD Sport.

 

Guess we need to start a mod group and get a meet going in the spring. I need fog lights installed, replace the stock speakers and install a trailer brake controller.

 

LOL!!!
I guess that could happen. I'm sure that I'll have plenty to do to mine, because I'm already buying parts for it.

 

Winchester Kentucky here. Work in Georgetown at TMMK.

 

What shift and where?
I'm in IA310 on 1st shift.

 

I'm a trainer in Body Shop MW770 1st shift

 

Nice!

 

E Ky.

 

My Group Leader is from Prestonsburg

 

Yeah we are everywhere. Lol with the death of the coal industry a lot of great people have had to pull up and head out to find work. It has been a sad time for eastern Ky but it seems to be a cycle that repeats itself over and over. We just don’t have any real industries to secure a future here in the hills. My dad did the same thing 50 yrs ago and I was born in Cleveland. Until we can convince businesses that we have people and an infrastructure that will support their business it will consistently be the same cycle.
Shew I sound like a politician. Grr

 

That is very true! I work with a lot of great hardworking people from that area that had to come to TMMK. I just don't know if politicians and industries will ever realize the vast resources available there. It is really sad. I have never been to Eastern Kentucky but definitely want to one day soon.

 

My wife's from Hazard. Some of the nicest people that I have met and some of my closest friends are from Eastern Kentucky.

 

Come on and see us. Spring is beautiful in the mountains. Most of the wheeling is on side by sides (at least for me if I break something it will be on a plaything) there are some off-road parks and we aren’t too far from the Hatfield McCoy trail.

 

Great people for sure and some of the best looking women too. My wife is from here.

 

Yeah, I've gotta agree with that too.

 

Rand Paul backed a road project making it easier to access the area but environmental lobbyist fought and stopped it. They are trying to build a large resort close to the Red River Gorge but again it's being halted by environmental lobbies. Some locals want the resort others don't. That area is one of the few truly remote areas still left in the eastern US and some want to keep the woods for wilderness vacationing, I backpack there often and enjoy the remoteness but I understand the people in the area would benefit from better roads, resorts and business. Businesses want access and windy narrow mountain roads are an issue. Not sure where I stand but I would leave it up to the people that actually live there.

 

I absolutely plan on heading that way this spring! I totally agree about the people. Some of the best I've ever met. My wife is from Winchester and thats what brought me back here. I originally discovered Kentucky in 1991 at basic training at Fort Knox.

 

I lived in Winchester for 13 yrs. I have lifelong friends there. I moved back to the hills for a job as strange as that is but the money was right. I enjoyed it there it was close enough but far enough away from anything you want to do. After church on Sunday it was a 10-15 min drive to dinner. A great place to live.